11-letter words containing o, n, h
- herzegovina — a historic region in SE Europe: a former Turkish province; a part of Austria-Hungary 1878–1914; now part of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- hesitations — Plural form of hesitation.
- hesperornis — a toothed aquatic bird of the extinct genus Hesperornis, fossils of which are found in rocks of Cretaceous age in Kansas, having the rear legs modified for swimming and reaching a length of more than 4 feet (1.2 meters).
- heteroauxin — indoleacetic acid.
- heterodyned — Simple past tense and past participle of heterodyne.
- heterogenic — of, relating to, or characterized by heterogenesis.
- heterogonic — exhibiting allometry
- heterophone — A word whose spelling and sound both differ from another\u2019s.
- heterophony — the simultaneous performance of the same melodic line, with slight individual variations, by two or more performers.
- heteroscian — a name applied to the people who live in temperate zones, so given because in these areas shadows created by the sun at noon will fall in opposite directions
- hexagonally — In a hexagonal manner.
- hexahedrons — Plural form of hexahedron.
- hexahemeron — hexaemeron.
- hexastichon — hexastich.
- hibernation — Zoology. to spend the winter in close quarters in a dormant condition, as bears and certain other animals. Compare estivate.
- hibernators — Plural form of hibernator.
- hiccoughing — Present participle of hiccough.
- hideousness — horrible or frightful to the senses; repulsive; very ugly: a hideous monster.
- hierodeacon — a monk who is also a deacon.
- hieronymite — a member of a congregation of hermits named after St. Jerome.
- hierophants — Plural form of hierophant.
- higgs boson — a hypothetical type of heavy, electrically neutral particle with zero spin.
- high ground — a position of moral or ethical superiority: The candidate has claimed the moral high ground.
- high season — period of greatest activity
- high-income — of or relating to those with a larger income than the average.
- high-octane — noting a gasoline with a relatively high octane number, characterized by high efficiency and freedom from knock.
- hindoostani — a standard language and lingua franca of northern India based on a dialect of Western Hindi spoken around Delhi. Abbreviation: Hind. Compare Hindi (def 2), Urdu.
- hinge joint — ginglymus.
- hinshelwood — Sir Cyril Norman, 1897–1967, English chemist: Nobel Prize 1956.
- hip pointer — a painful bruise or torn muscle at the upper ridge of the pelvis
- histrionics — an actor.
- histrionism — Histrionic behaviour.
- ho chi minh — 1890?–1969, North Vietnamese political leader: president of North Vietnam 1954–69.
- hob-jobbing — the work or activities of a hobjobber
- hobgoblinry — the behaviour or activities of hobgoblins
- hodgenville — a town in central Kentucky: birthplace of Abraham Lincoln.
- hoggishness — The quality of being hoggish.
- hohe tauern — an Alpine mountain range in S Austria. Highest peak, Grossglockner, 12,457 feet (3799 meters).
- hohenlinden — a village in S Germany, in Bavaria, near Munich: French victory over the Austrians 1800.
- hold button — a button on a telephone that enables someone to interrupt an incoming call temporarily in order to answer another call.
- hold in fee — to own; possess
- hold out on — to delay in or keep from telling (a person) some new or important information
- holding-pen — a tank for the temporary storage of a substance.
- hole in one — ace (def 8a).
- hollandaise — The hollandaise sauce.
- hollowpoint — Alternative form of hollow point.
- holman hunt — (James Henry) Leigh [lee] /li/ (Show IPA), 1784–1859, English essayist, poet, and editor.
- holobenthic — (of an animal) completing its life cycle in the ocean depths
- holoenzymes — an enzyme complete in both its apoenzyme and coenzyme components.
- holothurian — any echinoderm of the class Holothuroidea, comprising the sea cucumbers.